The Chairman of Tourism Committee of Lagos Bar Beach, Mr Effiong Ekanem, said last week that the committee had acquired emergency safety and rescue equipment.
He said that the equipment would assist trained swimmers to ensure safety of tourists at the beach.
Ekanem said that the acquisition of the safety equipment like life jacket, first aid equipment and caution signs, among others, became necessary to avoid deaths recorded during the recent ocean surge.
The Chairman of Tourism Committee of Lagos Bar Beach, Mr Effiong Ekanem, said last week that the committee had acquired emergency safety and rescue equipment.
He said that the equipment would assist trained swimmers to ensure safety of tourists at the beach.
Ekanem said that the acquisition of the safety equipment like life jacket, first aid equipment and caution signs, among others, became necessary to avoid deaths recorded during the recent ocean surge.
The Chairman said that the acquisition of the safety equipment was in line with the directive by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to all beach operators to provide safety equipment at beaches.
“It is the responsibility of the management committee of the beach to provide the necessary safety equipment in the beach,” he said.
According to him, the acquisition of the safety equipment is the fallout of an earlier assessment by NEMA and directive to beaches.
The committee chairman said that tourists’ patronage of the beach remained encouraging in spite of the recent surge in the coastal areas of Lagos.
“We are determined to ensure that the beach becomes a place for recreation and to meet international standard as a recreation centre,’’ he said.
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